Synonyms of befriending

befriending

verb

present participle of befriend

as in joining

to become a friend to (someone)

He befriended the new student.

Related Words

• joining
• friending
• traveling
• associating
• connecting
• fraternizing
• consorting
• relating
• hobnobbing
• running
• sorting
• collaborating
• chumming
• socializing
• cooperating
• bonding
• mixing
• affiliating
• rallying
• allying
• linking
• mingling
• hanging (around or out)
• attaching
• teaming
• tying
• grouping
• companying
• hooking up
• colluding
• ganging
• interrelating
• consociating
• messing around
• coupling
• clubbing
• confederating
• conjoining
• siding
• knotting
• banding
• palling (around)
• getting along
• getting on
• wedding
• leaguing

Dissimilar Words

• avoiding
• shunning
• snubbing
• alienating
• estranging
• dispersing
• cold-shouldering
• disbanding
• splitting
• splitting (up)
• divorcing
• severing
• dissociating
• breaking up
• sundering
• disuniting
• disjoining

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of befriending

Holmes invited documentarians to capture the Theranos founder’s last few days of freedom before going to prison (and eventually befriending Jen Shah/shunning Ghislaine Maxwell). — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2026

Gigi had joined Hollis’ girls’ weekend after befriending her online out of complicated guilt over her affair with Matthew. — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Aug. 2026

Yes, many passengers on these upscale brief sailings enjoy a drink or two, but befriending a bartender isn’t the mission. — David Dickstein, Oc Register, 15 July 2026

Henrietta also had a particular fondness for befriending young women, and disseminating scientific works and sharing knowledge with them. — Leah Hudson, Popular Science, 9 July 2026

Living in Rio de Janeiro, Luiza dreams of being an artist, eventually befriending a local graffiti group. — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 16 June 2026

Utterback, who’d just gotten married and bought a house in Omaha, instead devoted himself to learning on his own, poring over books, making regular trips to Japan, and befriending masters of the craft. — Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 8 June 2026

Palmer-Tomkinson was friends with both William and Prince Harry, befriending them in childhood. — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 29 May 2026

Conrad Weiser was a Pennsylvania German who had roamed the frontier for decades, learning the Indian languages and befriending Indian leaders, including some who encountered Washington in Ohio. — Literary Hub, 20 May 2026